DJing for Dummies

maksim | 9:07 pm | January 16, 2008 | Laptop Music

Consider the life of a sculptor. What an unusual, unexpected choice of a namebadge, not only for a man, but for an artist too. The mountain does not crumble and fall to Muhammad, Muhammad orders the mountain to be blown up, cut, and delivered to him, by UPS, on a Monday morning. And then he is locked away with the rock in a studio, possibly for years, turning it into a huge stone thing looking like a spermatozoid on one side and a teardrop on the other, symbolizing the victims of a 1937 Great Wisconsin Tornado, or anything to that effect involving angry tornado-looking forces and dead spermatozoids.

Life of a DJ is in no way that exotic. It is mostly just sex, drugs, drums till dawn- usual, everyday, mundane routine. Yet they are somewhat similar- to become one, you need a lot of investment and space.

iCue DJ Mixer is an attempt to eliminate the need of both money and vacant room corners. It is tiny and very, very cheap in comparison to what the alternative of the real DJ equipment and vinyl costs. It connects to the USB, and plays mp3 tracks off anything that moves. It does basic DJ mixing functions and, for a beginner, is a fun thing to take off the ground with. A sculptor’s rock made of whipped cream, it is not meant to be used in heavy outdoor conditions of Ibiza, but should be just perfect for innocent amateur indoor fun.

Source: Firebox.com